May 21st, 2013
Kurt Elling plays the National Concert Hall, in Dublin, this evening, after a gruelling tour of Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Last week, the jazz singer was battling a chest infection. "I was built to sing, physiologically, but the fatigue hasn't helped the challenge of fighting this virus," he...
May 11th, 2013
Yes, jazz singer Kurt Elling is easy on the eye. But forget about all that for now, ladies... The American baritone with a four-octave range is one of the most innovative jazz singers to come along in years.
It's hard to picture him as a young boy singing motets...
April 18th, 2013
OK, so you've given your copies of Rod's It Had To Be You and Robbie's Swing When You're Winning a few listens (released many, many years ago, the latter is still top of the iTunes jazz albums chart in a gazillion countries). You've memorised the...
March 6th, 2013
Each year in March, the Blue Note Milano in Milan, Italy honors an outstanding artist for the importance of his/her work & efforts in spreading jazz.
The 2013 Blue Note Milano Award goes to Kurt Elling!
Previous Blue Note Milano Award winners include Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Paolo Fresu, Brad Mehldau,...
February 1st, 2013
At the first-ever Jazz FM Awards ceremony in London on Thursday, January 31, Kurt Elling was named International Jazz Artist of the Year for 2013!
Other nominees for the international honor were Sonny Rollins and Brad Mehldau.
The Jazz FM Awards also honored fellow Chicagoan Ramsey Lewis, who received the Gold Award...
